Blood Meridian
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Blood Meridian

by Cormac McCarthy

This playlist captures the brutal, vast, and haunting landscape of "Blood Meridian," mirroring its violent historical context and complex characters through a blend of cinematic instrumentals and evocative vocal tracks. The instrumental selections evoke the stark and desolate American Southwest, while the vocal songs reflect the raw human emotions and moral ambiguity threaded through the novel.

19 tracks
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Jun 17, 2026
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Track List

19 songs
1
Drylands

Drylands

Inner Sanctum · Drylands

2
Beholder EP

Hunting For Witches - A-Negative Remix

A-Negative · Beholder EP

3
Terry Riley: Shri Camel

Desert of Ice

Terry Riley · Terry Riley: Shri Camel

4
Beregi

Beregi

Dmitry Evgrafov · Beregi

5
SINNER GET READY

I WHO BEND THE TALL GRASSES

Lingua Ignota · SINNER GET READY

6
ICONOCLASTS

Aging Young Women

Anna von Hausswolff · ICONOCLASTS

7
The Long Road

The Long Road

elveper · The Long Road

8
Sunset Mission

Prowler

Bohren & Der Club Of Gore · Sunset Mission

9
Songs of Remembering

Poor Wayfaring Stranger (arr. for Chorus by Alexander Lloyd Blake)

Johnny Cash · Songs of Remembering

10
So Runs The World Away

The Curse

Josh Ritter · So Runs The World Away

11
Pride

Wolves

Phosphorescent · Pride

12
Black River Killer

Black Rock

Blitzen Trapper · Black River Killer

13
Lullaby Versions of The Black Keys

Little Black Submarines

Twinkle Twinkle Little Rock Star · Lullaby Versions of The Black Keys

14
Peter Jezewski Sings Johnny Cash

When the Man Comes Around

Peter Jezewski · Peter Jezewski Sings Johnny Cash

15
Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles – 3rd June 1978 (Live From Universal Amphitheatre, LA)

Tangled Up In Blue - Live, Los Angeles 1978

Bob Dylan · Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles – 3rd June 1978 (Live From Universal Amphitheatre, LA)

16
Singing Bones

Far from Any Road

The Handsome Family · Singing Bones

17
Best Of The 10s: Alternative

S.O.B.

Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats · Best Of The 10s: Alternative

18
The Head And The Heart (15th Anniversary Edition)

Down in the Valley

The Head And The Heart · The Head And The Heart (15th Anniversary Edition)

19
Dream Department

Let’s Get Wasted

Luminary Flux · Dream Department

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